Report on Greece"s war debt to England.
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supplies of Athens, the reclaiming of the marshy lands in Macedonia, the indispensable completion of our railways. A mere glance at these figures ought to be convincing as to the fact that if in the case of Italy it was considered that she could not be burdened with a bigger percentage for the repayment of her external debt, Greece should be considered as being already so heavily burdened that she is not in a position to carry further burdens for the repayment of her war debt and the whole of her war debt should be cancelled, as was done for Bulgaria and Turkey. But we would reach similar conclusions if we were to compare Greece, not with Italy but with Bulgaria whom it would be more appropriate and just to compare Greece to. Before the war Bulgaria disposed annually of 39,000,000 gold francs for the service of her external debt. And although she was obliged, in virtue of the Treaty of Neuilly, to pay 290,000,000 sterling on account of reparations, the Allied Powers decided in 1923 to substantially curtail same as aforementioned (page 6). Considering on the other hand that for her pre-war debt Bulgaria obtained a reduction of the service thereof to 34% only of the sum paid before the war, Bulgaria in conclusion actually pays annually for her debt in gold 22,000,000 gold francs. Moreover the annual payment up to the year 1923 will not exceed 26,000,000 gold francs, and only as from 1923 onwards will the annual payment rise to 53,500,000 gold francs. When one compares this amount disposed of by Bulgaria for the service of her external debt, to the sum already provided by Greece and to what she will have to provide for on account of the new refugee loan and towards her proportionate share of the Public Ottoman Debt, one would again find that.
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- letterhead supplies of Athens, the reclaiming of the marshy lands in Macedonia, the indispensable completion of our railways. A mere glance at these figures ought to be convincing as to the fact that if in the case of Italy it was considered that she could not be burdened with a bigger percentage for the repayment of her external debt, Greece should be considered as being already so heavily burdened that she is not in a position to carry further burdens for the repayment of her war debt and the whole of her war debt should be cancelled, as was done for Bulgaria and Turkey. But we would reach similar conclusions if we were to compare Greece, not with Italy but with Bulgaria whom it would be more appropriate and just to compare Greece to. Before the war Bulgaria disposed annually of 39,000,000 gold francs for the service of her external debt. And although she was obliged, in virtue of the Treaty of Neuilly, to pay 290,000,000 sterling on account of reparations, the Allied Powers decided in 1923 to substantially curtail same as aforementioned (page 6). Considering on the other hand that for her pre-war debt Bulgaria obtained a reduction of the service thereof to 34% only of the sum paid before the war, Bulgaria in conclusion actually pays annually for her debt in gold 22,000,000 gold francs. Moreover the annual payment up to the year 1923 will not exceed 26,000,000 gold francs, and only as from 1923 onwards will the annual payment rise to 53,500,000 gold francs. When one compares this amount disposed of by Bulgaria for the service of her external debt, to the sum already provided by Greece and to what she will have to provide for on account of the new refugee loan and towards her proportionate share of the Public Ottoman Debt, one would again find that. body
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temini, Makedonya'daki bataklık arazilerin ıslahı ve demiryollarımızın zorunlu olarak tamamlanması için gereken servisten ise hiç söz etmiyoruz.
Bu rakamlara şöyle bir göz atmak bile şu hususa ikna olmak için yeterli olmalıdır: İtalya söz konusu olduğunda dış borcunun geri ödenmesi için daha yüksek bir oranla yükümlü kılınamayacağı kabul edildiyse, Yunanistan'ın halihazırda o kadar ağır yük altında olduğu kabul edilmelidir ki savaş borcunun geri ödenmesi için ek yükler taşıyabilecek durumda değildir. Bu nedenle, Bulgaristan ve Türkiye için yapıldığı gibi, savaş borcunun tamamı silinmelidir.
Ancak Yunanistan'ı İtalya ile değil de, kendisiyle karşılaştırılması daha uygun ve adil olacak Bulgaristan ile karşılaştırsaydık da benzer sonuçlara ulaşırdık.
Savaştan önce Bulgaristan dış borcunun servisi için her yıl 39,000,000 altın frank ayırmaktaydı. Neuilly Antlaşması uyarınca tamirat hesabına 290,000,000 sterlin ödemekle yükümlü kılınmış olmasına rağmen, Müttefik Devletler 1923'te yukarıda belirtildiği üzere (sayfa 6) bu miktarı esaslı biçimde azaltmaya karar verdiler. Öte yandan Bulgaristan'ın savaş öncesi borcu için, servisinin savaştan önce ödenen meblağın yalnızca %34'üne indirilmesini sağladığı göz önüne alınırsa, sonuç olarak Bulgaristan borcu için fiilen yılda altın olarak 22,000,000 altın frank ödemektedir. Üstelik yıllık ödeme 1923 yılına kadar 26,000,000 altın frankı aşmayacak, ancak 1923'ten itibaren yıllık ödeme 53,500,000 altın franka yükselecektir.
Bulgaristan'ın dış borcunun servisi için ayırdığı bu miktar, Yunanistan'ın halihazırda ayırdığı meblağ ve yeni mülteci istikrazı ile Düyun-ı Umumiye-i Osmaniye'den kendisine düşen orantılı pay için ayırması gerekecek olanla karşılaştırıldığında, yine şu sonuca varılır:
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